Parents/guardians are required provide written notification of intent to home school a child. Notifications must be provided to the Willamette ESD if you live in Yamhill, Polk or Marion County within 10 days of the date a student is withdrawn (or chooses to not enroll) in public/private school. If the child is continuing to home school from the previous year, it is not necessary to provide written notice each school year to the Willamette ESD (ORS 581-021-0026).
Written notification can be sent to Willamette ESD 2611 Pringle Rd SE, Salem, OR 97302 or emailed to katie.grauer@wesd.org.
If you are enrolling your child in an online school or charter school, these are considered public or private schools and no enrollment in home school or notification of intent needs to be sent to the Willamette ESD.
Examples: Baker Charter, Fossil Distance Learning, EDGE, Oregon Connections Academy, Dallas Community School, Sheridan All Prep, etc.
